Aroostook War

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The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aroostook War canonical 14
Aroostook Conflict 1
Aroostook boundary crisis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border dispute ⓘ
diplomatic conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aroostook War ⓘ
surface form: Aroostook Conflict

Pork and Beans War ⓘ
casualties no battle deaths reported ⓘ
cause ambiguous wording of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ
disputed Maine–New Brunswick boundary ⓘ
characteristic bloodless conflict ⓘ
militia mobilization without major fighting ⓘ
conflictBetween British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

New Brunswick, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Province of New Brunswick

Maine ⓘ
surface form: State of Maine

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryInvolved United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1839 ⓘ
followedBy final demarcation of northeastern U.S.–Canada border ⓘ
hasEffect clarification of Maine–Canada boundary ⓘ
reduction of Anglo-American tensions ⓘ
location Aroostook River ⓘ
surface form: Aroostook River valley

Maine ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Northeastern North America ⓘ
militaryForcesInvolved British Army ⓘ
Maine militia ⓘ
New Brunswick militia ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army
partOf Anglo-American wars ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-American border disputes
precededBy earlier U.S.–British border disputes ⓘ
relatedTo Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
Canada–United States border ⓘ
surface form: United States–Canada border

Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Webster–Ashburton Treaty (1842)
resolvedBy Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
result Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
diplomatic settlement of Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
no major combat ⓘ
significantPerson Daniel Webster ⓘ
John Fairfield ⓘ
Lord Ashburton ⓘ
Sir John Harvey ⓘ
startDate 1838 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
topic lumbering rights ⓘ
timber resources ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winfield Scott → participantIn → Aroostook War ⓘ
Aroostook War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aroostook Conflict
Anglo-American wars → hasPart → Aroostook War ⓘ
Caroline affair → relatedTo → Aroostook War ⓘ
Edward Kent → wasInOfficeDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ
Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations → chronologicallyFollows → Aroostook War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aroostook boundary crisis
Pork and Beans War → hasFormalName → Aroostook War ⓘ
Pork and Beans War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook War ⓘ
Lord Ashburton → conflictResolved → Aroostook War ⓘ
subject surface form: Webster–Ashburton Treaty
John Fairfield → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ
Sir John Harvey → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ
New Brunswick militia → mobilizedDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ
New Brunswick militia → involvedIn → Aroostook War ⓘ